Who would have thought that a punk band thrown together for its bass player's 18th birthday party would evolve into one of the most influential and groundbreaking successes of its time? Certainly not the then-teenage Beastie Boys, yet the band's 25-year-and-counting career has logged 40 million in sales, two Grammy awards, an MTV Video Vanguard Lifetime Achievement Award, four No. 1 albums, including the first hip hop album ever to top Billboard 200, the band's 1986 debut full length, Licensed to Ill. Now with The Mix-Up, the Boys hit the restart button once again for another career landmark. The band's first full-length offering of all-new, all-original instrumental recordings. The Mix-Up finds NYC's favorite sons drawing on one of their arsenal's primary strengths and pushing it into bold new directions as they prepare and contemplate their next bold move.